Tulisa reveals drugs trial left her feeling 'numb, like a zombie'

Singer and former X-Factor judgeTulisa Contostavlos says she felt her life was
over after being caught up in a cocaine sting, which led to a trial that
collapsed in dramatic fashion last week

11:23AM BST 28 Jul 2014

The 26-year-old singer said the drugs allegations that emerged in a Sun on Sunday expose were devastating.

The former N-Dubz star had been accused of boasting that she could "sort out" cocaine for the paper's investigative reporter Mazher Mahmood and put him in touch with her rapper friend Mike GLC, who supplied the Class A drug.

She always denied the allegations and last week the trial collapsed after the judge said there were "strong grounds" to believe Mr Mahmood, known as the Fake Sheikh, had lied on the witness stand and "had been manipulating the evidence".

Ms Contostavlos said that the whole experience had "felt like a bad dream," but that it had ultimately made her "a less angry person".

"It's kind of like, let's say if I had a big wall of protection around me, especially when in the public eye... it's pretty much chiselled away at the wall, bit, by bit, by bit - and just broke me down completely until all that's left is just me, as I am - raw," she said.